AFG Community Liverpool City North

AFG Community Liverpool City North is a home care agency based in Bootle, in the Sefton council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It most likely works within about 9 miles of its Bootle office, which is our estimate rather than something the agency has told us. It is registered to care for older people, people living with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. It is part of Alternative Futures Group, which has 8 branches in England. The agency has been registered since May 2023.

AFG Community Liverpool City North has not yet received a CQC rating. This is normal for a newly registered agency; the CQC usually inspects within its first year or so.

AFG Community Liverpool City North has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Sefton. Across England agencies usually charge £26 to £36 an hour for visits and £1,200 to £1,750 a week for live-in care. Ask for a written price list that shows the weekend and bank holiday rates and the shortest visit they will do.

There are 47 registered home care agencies in Sefton. Others working the same area include Mountbatton Care Ltd, Mencap - Merseyside and Lancashire Support Service and Expect Limited. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care from about £1,120 a week.